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Business● Low5d ago · Oct 29, 2026, 8:40 PM

35 states, DC reach $220M settlement with General Motors over driver data privacy

GlobeAlert Desk · curated from The Hill · North America

Automaker General Motors (GM) agreed to pay $220 million to settle a lawsuit with 35 states and Washington, D.C., which alleged the company sold drivers’ data to insurance companies, several attorneys general involved with the settlement announced Thursday. A bipartisan coalition of state attorneys general, led by Democrats Dan Rayfield of Oregon and Nick Brown…

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